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Mr Lavrov admitted relations between the two nations "are not the most calm" and some issues were "time bombs" inherited from the Obama administration.

US President Donald Trump has said its "certainly possible" though "probably unlikely" Russian Federation knew about the Syrian chemical attack in advance, adding relations between the US and Russian Federation were tenuous.

Celebrating a miraculous victory on election night in 2016, Putin and his friends are now left missing Trump's predecessor. According to the AP, Lavrov accused the USA of launching an unlawful attack against Assad.

The talks were a test of US-Russia relations which have been marred with questions over Syria, and alleged meddling in the US elections.

"The level of trust on a working level, especially on the military level, has not improved but has rather deteriorated", the Russian President said in a TV interview.

The comments came after a tense meeting in Moscow between Russian PresidentVladimir Putin and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov blasted United States claims that it has "irrefutable evidence" of election interference.

He today said Russian Federation "certainly could have" known about the chemical attack before it was launched last week, but added he'd like to think Vladimir Putin's government were not forewarned.

One of his deputies went further, telling Russia's state-owned news agency: "In general, primitiveness and loutishness are very characteristic of the current rhetoric coming out of Washington".

"We need to attempt to put an end to this steady degradation", Tillerson said.

"It's deplorable, and we regret what is going on, but we can do little except asking to back accusations with facts", Lavrov said.

Any expectations of an easy rapport have crashed into reality amid the nasty back-and-forth over Syria and ongoing United States investigations into Russia's activity connected to the USA presidential election.

It was a grim assessment that echoed the words of the president's top diplomat, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who left an nearly two-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow declaring the countries had reached a "low point" in relations.

Lavrov called for an "unbiased and frank investigation" of the attack by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

In the interview, Assad repeatedly insisted that Syrian forces gave up their arsenal of chemical weapons in 2013, AFPreported.

Lavrov also says that Russian President Vladimir Putin could restore a military hotline with the US if Washington focuses on fighting the Islamic State and other extremist groups.

Mr Lavrov also noted that many key State Department posts remain vacant since the new administration took office - a point of sensitivity in Washington. Trump said Assad wouldn't be a problem if not for Russia's support.

The only concession that Tillerson appeared to have extracted from the Russians was that Putin offered to restore a hotline aimed at avoiding accidents in the air over Syria, said the report.

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